The wife is the king of the palace

Chapter 37 That's the Gift

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Perhaps because of previous experience, Jin Qi's original stiff kissing movements are now somewhat familiar. After Lin Xu was pulled over by him, he immediately noticed that Jin Qi sent his sweet tongue to the door .

Jin Qi obviously put in some effort, he wanted to be more active and forceful in the matter of kissing, and he really worked hard, trying hard to please Lin Xu and let him sink into it.

But after Lin Xu noticed his movements, he only slid the tip of his tongue lightly under his tongue, and Jin Qi, who was still aggressive and domineering, let out a groan/snack, and was completely relieved of his strength, and became unable to exert all his strength. stand up.

Lin Xu took a step forward and returned to the main hall. He put his arms around Jin Qi's waist in front of him, turned around and pushed him against the door.

At this moment, the court has just come down, and all the ministers of the court are going out, and the maids and eunuchs who were originally in the palace have also retreated out of the door. For a while, the palace was empty.

But it didn't last long. Not long after, there was the sound of uniform footsteps outside the door, and the changing soldiers had arrived.

This hall has been used for the morning court, and most of the store doors are closed at other times, and special personnel are guarded outside.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Jin Qi regained his senses from the suffocating kiss. He put his hand on Lin Xu's shoulder with a little force, and slightly opened the distance between them.

Lin Xu has deep internal strength, sharp ears and eyes, and has already noticed the approach of those people.After dancing with Jin Qi's fragrant tongue again, he let go of Jin Qi who was already out of breath.

The two separated and each took a step back. The soldiers who came from the shift noticed that there was someone in the hall, and took a look from a distance. They saw that it was Lin Xu and Empress Jin Qi. When two people are discussing matters.

In the huge hall, Jin Qi stood in a dark corner, licking off the water stains on his lips, still looking at Lin Xu with a bit of unwillingness in his eyes.

Lin Xu raised his hands and cupped his fists, turned around with a half-smile and walked out the door, also heading towards the side hall.

After the early court, the officials did not have nothing to do. On the contrary, the day's affairs officially started after the early court.

In the side hall with various offices, as soon as Lin Xucai entered, someone greeted him with a smile.

"Prime Minister, are you free now?" The person who greeted him was Wu Yiran, the son of Dali Siqing, holding a bunch of information about the station in his hand. It was obvious that Lin Xu's advice had attracted him.

"Is something wrong?"

"I checked the information of the post station in previous years, but I still don't understand it..." Wu Yiran joined the Ministry of Industry, and Gong Bu quickly came to take charge of tasks such as water conservancy and engineering. They also accounted for the modification of the post station. Most of the tasks.

Lin Xu didn't recommend Wu Yiran's advice, but he wasn't overly enthusiastic either. This is how a young student has just entered the court.

After talking with Wu Yiran, Lin Xu took the documents that had been drawn up before and went to several relevant officials.

Building an inn is a major event. If it is to the extent of laboring the people, wasting money and mobilizing the teachers, it is far more troublesome than the previous business and taxation. The reason for this is needless to say.

This matter is a major event, and there are naturally many officials involved. The Ministry of Household Affairs in charge of the treasury, the Ministry of Industry in charge of engineering, local inspectors, and local garrison officials must all be counted, at least dozens of people.

This matter had already been discussed in court, and when Lin Xu came to him with the documents he had already written, Wan Yu and Su Fanyi were already waiting with livid faces. Besides them, there were several other people in the house personal.

"Your Excellency." Seeing Lin Xu approaching, everyone stood up and clasped their fists.

At the beginning, everyone disagreed with the construction of the inn, but seeing that the matter could not be stopped, everyone has completely changed their attitude now.

If it is true that there are post stations in all counties, then all the affairs of the world will be under Jin Qi's eyes, and the relationship network between these post stations may become the biggest eyeliner restricting the entire imperial court.

If you can't stop it, then it's best to keep it in your own hands, so the officials of the DPRK and China have shown [-]% concern about this matter.

Just this engineering ho

It is not easy to get big, so Lin Xu and Jin Qi have already agreed to establish a line between the border and the court first.

"This is the information of the provinces and counties along the way." Lin Xu handed the things to several people.

The line related to the DPRK is particularly important, so Lin Xu has already checked the information of all local county governments in person without relying on others.

The people waiting in the house were not surprised. Jin Qi would not let them intervene at will because it was a matter of the border. They still understood the truth.

The discussion went smoothly at the beginning, but after the location of the inn was determined, the problem followed.

This matter must be cooperated by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households. Although the local county government, garrison and inspectors are also involved, it is the Ministry of Industry that pays the money and sends people to supervise, so these two departments are the most important.

However, Su Fanyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Wanyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, were well-known rivals, and they couldn't get along at all.

Lin Xu would say a few words at first, but then he simply ignored them. Although the two were active in fighting, fortunately, they were also active in their actions. Small things lose big.

The matter was discussed until dark, and finally came to a conclusion. Lin Xu collected his things and walked towards the side door of the palace.

On the way, he met Xu Lan.

Seeing Lin Xu, Xu Lan immediately showed a helpless smile on his face. He cupped his fists at Lin Xu, "I made the prime minister laugh last night."

Lin Xu returned the gift, although he was really surprised that Xu Lan had the kind of personality that would cause drunken madness after drinking, but he didn't delve into it. After all, everyone has some secrets or personalities that are unknown to outsiders.

"Does Xu Shangshu remember what happened in the imperial garden before?" Lin Xu and Xu Lan walked side by side to the palace gate.

"Which one is the Prime Minister referring to?" Xu Lan asked, there are many things that happened in this imperial garden.

At this moment, the sun was setting, and there were only two people in the palace except the guards. It was a bit deserted and quiet, but it was a good place to talk.

"The snake thing."

"Does the Prime Minister have any clues?" Xu Lan understood immediately.

The last time the snake was encountered in the Royal Garden, after He Zheng and the others were all beheaded, no one pursued it again, but it is obviously impossible to let it go like this.

The person who threw the snake in the imperial garden has not been found yet, and the person who leaked the news is still a mystery.

"Not yet." Lin Xu shook his head.

That man hid really deep, he was secretly investigating He Zheng's incident, but until now there is still no clue.

Although Lin Xu didn't ask, he knew that Jin Qi would definitely not give up like this, so he must have been investigating secretly, but there was no movement for so long, and he probably didn't find anything.

"This matter is a problem." Xu Lan put away the smile on his face and showed a bit of seriousness.

The person who threw the snake and the person who leaked the news should be the same group, but it is precisely because of this that this problem is so big.

At that time, Jin Qi drove out all the eunuchs and court ladies in the imperial garden in advance, so only the two of them and the hidden guard were present at the time, and the head eunuch who came in after finding out that the situation was wrong.

If it was said that the person who threw the snake might have been a court lady and eunuch who had fished in troubled waters earlier, then the only person who leaked the news was the person who was present when they agreed on the ambush plan.

It is impossible for him and Lin Xu to leak the news, and it is even more impossible for Jin Qi, so the only two options left are the chief eunuch and the hidden guard.

The chief eunuch has been by Jin Qi's side since he ascended the throne. It has been nearly ten years, and his identity and family background have been checked by Jin Qi's side, and it is clean.

As for the hidden guards, those people were trained by Jin Qi and only obeyed his orders. Naturally, their identities were checked more thoroughly, and it was impossible for Jin Qi to put people with problems by his side.

"If Mr. Xu has any news, please let me know." Lin Xu said.

Xu

While Lan nodded with a smile, there was also a bit of surprise in his eyes. It seemed that Lin Xu was quite concerned about this matter.

With that said, the two had already walked through the corridor to the side door. At this moment, all the officials in the palace had already left, and the only people left here were Lin Xu and the people waiting at Xu Lan's house.

The two of them hugged each other when they got there, and were about to go home when they saw Jin Qi walking out with resentment on his face.

"emperor."

Jin Qi stared at Lin Xu quietly, with an expression of taste on his face.

Seeing this, Xu Lan glanced back and forth between the two of them, and said goodbye wisely.

As soon as Xu Lan left, there were only two people left in the place where the carriage was parked.

When we met again, the sour smell on Jin Qi's body was much more obvious than when he went to court in the morning, and he could smell it ten steps away.

"What's the matter with the emperor?" Lin Xu looked at the sour man in front of him without changing his expression.

"It seems that the prime minister really likes the newcomer from the Ministry of Industry. I haven't talked enough in the morning, and I continued to chat for so long after the court. Do you want to have a drink together later?" Jin Qi said Spitting it out without going through the brain, even he himself could smell the sour smell.

The corners of Lin Xu's mouth curled up, and a slight smile leaked out of his eyes facing the setting sun. Jin Qi's jealous look was quite cute.

"What's so ridiculous?" Jin Qi asked dryly.

Although he knew that Lin Xu didn't have feelings for him, but Lin Xu really praised the son of Dali Siqing, even he had never been praised, but praised him.

"I thought the emperor came to give me a gift." Lin Xu didn't seem to see Jin Qi's taste.

"What gift?" Jin Qi was puzzled, although he was still a little sour, but the topic was easily changed.

"Naturally, it's a birthday present." Lin Xu took it for granted.

In previous years, Jin Qi had given him birthday presents, but this year he had nothing.

Jin Qi opened his mouth when he heard this, but he couldn't make a sound, why did he forget?

It's not that he doesn't want to give Lin Xu a birthday gift, but the ancient book he prepared earlier was given in advance, and the jade abacus he prepared later was also sent out. After that, he was busy scheming against this person again, thinking of prescribing drugs to force him to ask questions, and giving them all to him. forget.

Jin Qizheng was a little at a loss, when he looked up, he saw that Lin Xu had already stood in front of him at some point.

Lin Xu approached abruptly, and Jin Qi was startled. He was about to back up when there was a sudden force on his waist, and Lin Xu stretched out his arms to hug him.

"What are you doing?" Jin Qi was stiff all over.

Lin Xu leaned forward, leaned close to Jin Qi's ear, and asked softly in his ear, "Or was it a gift from the emperor last night?"

Jin Qi got himself half-drunk last night, and drank the wine that he drugged himself, making his whole body limp and weak. Could it be implying that he made himself a gift for him?

"You, you don't want to talk nonsense!" Jin Qi's voice was not low, but it had no momentum, and it was tense.

"Oh, isn't it?" Lin Xu moved closer, his lips were almost on Jin Qi's cheeks, and the warm breath made Jin Qi's stamina stand up. He hasn't forgotten all kinds of bodies from last night, and immediately Numb up.